Oxygen and carbon isotope signatures in late Neogene horse teeth from Spain and application as temperature and seasonality proxies

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 64-81

  van Dam, J A ^a,b   Reichart, G J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mammals; Neogene; Seasonality; Spain; Stable isotopes; Temperature

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; COOLING; CROCODILIAN; ENAMEL; FRUGIVORY; HOMINID; HORSE; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOOTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); EQUIDAE; FORAMINIFERA; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 61349185040     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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